File No. 763.72/2395
The Ambassador in Germany (Gerard) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Berlin,
February 10, 1916, 1 p. m.
[Received 8. 40 p. m.]
[Received 8. 40 p. m.]
3473. Referring to my cable of 9th instant, 3467.1 I have to-day received the memorandum from the German Government regarding the treatment of armed merchant vessels and shall cable it in full as soon as translated. The note accompanying it requests me to inform my Government that in the interest of neutrals already on armed merchant vessels the orders mentioned in Section IV, paragraph 1, will not go into force until February 29.
Gerard
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